AWS awsaccountbilling documentation change
Summary
Updated Free Tier tracking documentation with date-based account distinctions (pre/post July 15, 2025), added monitoring details for free/paid plans, and restructured content organization
Security assessment
Changes focus on usage tracking mechanisms and account type distinctions rather than security vulnerabilities or protections. No evidence of security incident remediation or vulnerability disclosure.
Diff
diff --git a/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/tracking-free-tier-usage.md b/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/tracking-free-tier-usage.md index 1342e1f4b..d05f46276 100644 --- a//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/tracking-free-tier-usage.md +++ b//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/tracking-free-tier-usage.md @@ -11 +11 @@ You can track your AWS Free Tier usage in the following ways: - * Turn on Free Tier usage alerts in **Billing preferences**. By default, AWS Free Tier usage alerts automatically notifies you over email when you exceed 85 percent of the Free Tier limit for each service. You can also configure AWS Budgets to track your usage to 100 percent of the Free Tier limit by setting a zero spend budget using the template. +**AWS accounts created after July 15, 2025** @@ -13 +12,0 @@ You can track your AWS Free Tier usage in the following ways: - * Review your AWS Free Tier usage by using the **Free Tier** page in the Billing and Cost Management console. @@ -14,0 +14 @@ You can track your AWS Free Tier usage in the following ways: +**Monitoring free plan information** : You can monitor your free plan expiration date, credit balance, and days remaining through the AWS Cost and Usage Report widget, AWS Management Console home, or [programmatically](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_AWS_Free_Tier.html) through the AWS SDK and CLI at no cost. You also receive periodic email alerts regarding your credit balance and when you are approaching the end of your free plan period. @@ -15,0 +16 @@ You can track your AWS Free Tier usage in the following ways: +**Monitoring paid plan information** : You can monitor your credit balance and expiration date on the credits page in the [AWS Billing and Cost Management console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing). You can also track your actual usage against short-term trial and always free usage limits using the [free tier API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_AWS_Free_Tier.html) or on the **Free Tier** page on the [AWS Billing and Cost Management console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing). This shows when you exceed the free usage limits and will switch to pay-as-you-go pricing each month. @@ -16,0 +18,6 @@ You can track your AWS Free Tier usage in the following ways: +**AWS accounts created before July 15, 2025** + + +To track your Free Tier limits, turn on Free Tier usage alerts in **Billing preferences**. By default, AWS Free Tier usage alerts automatically notifies you over email when you exceed 85 percent of the Free Tier limit for each service. You can also configure AWS Budgets to track your usage to 100 percent of the Free Tier limit by setting a zero spend budget. + +Review your AWS Free Tier usage by using the **Free Tier** page in the Billing and Cost Management console. @@ -37 +44,4 @@ For example, you can set up a budget to send you an alert when you’re forecast -AWS Free Tier usage alerts cover Free Tier offerings active in the current month, such as the first 25 GB of Amazon DynamoDB storage or the first 10 custom Amazon CloudWatch metrics. It's common to have all three types of AWS Free Tier offerings active within the first 12 months. +AWS Free Tier usage alerts cover AWS services with an active Free Tier offering in the current month, such as the first 25 GB of Amazon DynamoDB storage or the first 10 custom Amazon CloudWatch metrics. + +**AWS accounts created before July 15, 2025** + @@ -39 +49,6 @@ AWS Free Tier usage alerts cover Free Tier offerings active in the current month -For example, you use Amazon EC2, Amazon SageMaker AI, and Amazon S3. You will see Free Tier usage for those usage types in the Billing and Cost Management console, **Free Tier** page. After using SageMaker AI for two months, the short-term trial will end while Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 continue. After 12 months from account creation, the Amazon EC2 12-month free period expires, but Amazon S3 will continue because the service offers **Always free** status. +If you created an AWS account before July 15, 2025, you might have three types of AWS Free Tier offerings active within your first 12 months: `12 Months Free`, `Free Trials`, and `Always Free`. + +**AWS accounts created after July 15, 2025** + + +If you created an AWS account after July 15, 2025, your AWS Free Tier offerings depend on your plan type. **Paid plan** accounts might have `Free Trial` and `Always Free` offerings active. **Free plan** accounts only have `Always Free` offerings active. @@ -99,0 +115,4 @@ The AWS Free Tier usage alerts and the **Top AWS Free Tier Services by Usage** t +###### Note + +12 months free is only applicable to customers who signed up for AWS before July 15, 2025. + @@ -223 +242 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please -Avoiding unexpected charges after Free Tier +Earning additional credits @@ -225 +244 @@ Avoiding unexpected charges after Free Tier -Using the Free Tier API +Trying services using AWS Free Tier (before July 15, 2025)